Building AI‑enabled workflows that transform how software gets made.

Engineering manager running two development teams and a quality engineering team, and rebuilding how they ship around AI.

Currently
Manager, Software Engineering
Alliant Insurance Services
Based
St. Louis, Missouri
Since
2010
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About

I build products that actually matter to people. I lead engineering teams and turn messy, complicated problems into clean solutions that scale.

John Flavan
John FlavanSt. Louis, MO

Current Focus

01

AI‑Enabled Engineering

Rebuilding our software development lifecycle around AI tooling: assistants in planning, coding, review, and testing, with engineers still owning the result.

  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • Copilot
  • Azure Foundry
02

Engineering Leadership

Two development teams and a dedicated quality engineering team. My job is the environment: clear ownership, honest feedback, and the trust it takes to ship without fear.

  • 3 Teams
  • Agile/Scrum
  • Mentorship
03

Quality Engineering & AI Testing

Quality as a discipline, not a phase. We build AI testing agents that explore the product, validate the paths that matter, and catch what humans miss.

  • Testing Agents
  • Playwright
  • AI Automation

Experience

15+ years building software, leading teams, and shipping products across insurance, logistics, and enterprise SaaS.

Present → 2010 01 / 07
  1. 01

    2025Present

    Manager, Software Engineering

    Alliant Insurance Services

    Leading two development teams and a quality engineering team building full stack cloud products for public entity insurance brokering. Driving the AI-enabled rebuild of how we deliver software.

  2. 02

    20172025

    Full Stack Developer, Tech Lead

    Alliant Insurance Services

    Led teams building .NET and Angular applications on Azure. Transformed testing practices and worked with vendors and teams to put automated testing in place.

  3. 03

    20142017

    UI Developer

    Alliant Insurance Services

    Designed and developed UI on SharePoint 2013 and MVC 5 sites. Led responsive redesigns and rapid prototyping.

  4. 04

    20152017

    Designer, Developer, PM

    bradgood.net

    Custom Squarespace sites. End-to-end delivery: brand design, integrations, SEO, and project management.

  5. 05

    20112015

    Software Developer

    Royal Canin SAS

    Built intranet applications, optimized SQL stored procedures, and developed scalable WCF Web Services for enterprise order processing.

  6. 06

    20132014

    Database Developer

    Cass Information Systems

    B2B logistics expense management software using SQL Server, C#, WCF, and Silverlight.

  7. 07

    20102011

    Web Developer

    Smoky Jennings Chevrolet

    Vehicle inventory and tracking web application in .NET with SQL Server and jQuery.

Skills

Languages & Frameworks
C#.NET CoreAngularTypeScriptJavaScriptSQL
Cloud & Infrastructure
AzureAzure DevOpsRedisSignalRService BusGitHubGitHub ActionsCI/CDAzure IaC
AI & Tooling
Claude CodeCodexCopilotAzure FoundryAI Integrations
Data & Architecture
MS SQLPostgreSQLClean ArchitectureCQRSREST/Web APIDapperEF Core
Testing & Quality
XUnitPlaywrightAutomated TestingTest Strategy
Integrations & Design
SalesforceWebflowApplied EpicOktaPhotoshopAdobe Suite

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